20 November, 2009

I've Been Bitten

If it doesn't revolve around Gwynnie, Reese or Jane Austin I'm not one for test driving movies out of my preferred genre. Unless under duress, i.e. the influence of one Babe, I stick with my well dressed, well heeled, feel good family or period films. And, I am most especially sci-fi phobic...

But, leave it to Oprah to draw me into the Twilight Saga fold. Hours after watching her interview with Stephenie Meyer I was in line at Blockbuster and drinking the Bella/Edward Kool Aid...

Imagine my surprise when I get a phone call from the bff Kimba saying that she too was drawn in and devoured the first two books in the series this past week. After getting over my initial shock (she has even more rigid criteria than moi) I gathered my wits enough to secure a borrowing of the books upon her arrival to the beach next month...

Unfortunately, the New Moon will have to wait til next week when Hilbil's is home for Thanksgiving break. There ain't no way Babe would suffer through this movie. And, if he did, I would be the one doing most of the suffering...

Kindness of Oprah for luring me in, Kimba for promising to loan me her Twilight books and, moi for having the smarts to see a disaster in the making and circumnavigating it with a backup movie date...XXOO

My step-daughter told me I had to read the books - I did read the first one, and I have the second one waiting. Not bad...but I haven't seen the movie (#1) - the frenzy over the actor who plays Edward totally passed me by - I find him strangely unattractive!

Haha. I read the series after my daughter called me, swooning, almost unable to speak. I thought they were OK. But if I'm going to whole lot of books about the same people, give me Patrick O'Brian any day.

These are my favorite books...ever. You have to be ready to commit to them though. It will consume your life. I read all four within a month and pretty much didn't speak to anyone during that time. Read them!

i never thought i would like teen vampire novels. i got SO hooked last christmas. i got the 4 book box set and read them all over a 3 day trip. when i got the twilight dvd for my birthday in march, i was officially a twilight obessed freakshow. i am not ashamed!

Moi

I am a tongue-in-cheek bon vivant living in Greenwich, CT with my globe trotting husband Babe and our nutty Himalayans, George and Lolly Rockefeller.
Rendezvous with me, an old school prep, as I juggle aspirations of being on the "Best Dressed Parisienne Gypset List", endless summering, Hermès wish lists, Diet Coke and pretzel lunches, white bikinis, PTH's, sisters, nieces, bff's, all things Lilly, Mrs. Roper and the resurrection of the Jacques Cohen espadrille.